The National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students is a literary competition held by Landmark House (formerly Landmark Editions) of Kansas City, Kansas. It was launched by David Melton, one of the publisher's staff members.
History Landmark inaugurated the program in the mid-1980s as The National Written and Illustrated by... Awards Contest for Students, and ran it until 1999. A year later, future awards were canceled indefinitely, due to falling sales of their titles caused by "the financial crunch in many schools and libraries". In 2006 and 2007, the company revived it as the David Melton Memorial Written and Illustrated by... Contest for Students, before rebranding it under the current name.
Winners YearWinner by category Ages 6–9 Ages 10–13 Ages 14–19 Gold AwardAs the National Written and Illustrated by... Awards Contest for Students 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 As the David Melton Memorial Written and Illustrated by... Contest for Students 2006 2007 As the National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students 2008–No known awards given yet
See also Lune Spark Young Writers' Short Story Contest PBS Kids Writers Contest National Novel Writing Month Three-Day Novel Contest
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